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The Annie Girdon

Date: 1870
Description: Sidewheel rafter, Annie Girdon. The crew is on deck and a raft of logs is in the foreground. Sign on wheel reads Annie Girdon, lightning pack...
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St. Paul Ice Carnival, Chamber of Commerce Tent

Date: 02 1886
Description: St. Paul Ice Carnival, view of ice palace. Chamber of Commerce tent in front advertises St. Paul as the geographic center of the continent. Horse-drawn sle...
Book or Pamphlet

Minneapolis Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1885
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the Minneapolis Harvester Works, manufacturers of twine binders and other agricultural implements, featuring a chromol...
Book or Pamphlet

St. Paul Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1883
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the St. Paul harvester and Appleby cord binder manufactured by the St. Paul Harvester Works. The cover features a black...
Book or Pamphlet

St. Paul Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1882
Description: Cover of a catalog for the Saint Paul harvester and cord binder, "The Pioneer Cord Binder of the World," manufactured by the Saint Paul Harvester Works. Th...
Print

Lake Superior Whitefish And Trout

Date: 1885
Description: Two tone lithograph of a pile of Lake Superior whitefish and trout on the lakeshore with a man and boat in the background.
Photograph

The "Sandusky," the "Shawnee" and the "Superior"

Date: 1880
Description: Three ships at dock, the "Superior," the "Sandusky," and the "Shawnee," all built in Gibralter, Michigan.
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The Ministers

Date: 1875
Description: Stereograph of a group portrait of men assembled on the steps to a church door. "The Ministers" gathered at "The Norwegian Lutheran Synod held at Minneapol...
Photograph

Ojibwa-Pillager Battle Boat Landing

Date: 1898
Description: People on a boat dock watch a boat landing as part of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island.
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Ojibwa-Pillager Battle Boat Landing

Date: 1898
Description: People on a boat dock watch a boat landing as part of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle at Sugar Point on Bear Island.
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Men on Bear Island

Date: 10 10 1898
Description: W.A. Jones and an unidentified man, probably on Bear Island, the location of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle.
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Group on Bear Island

Date: 10 10 1898
Description: W.A. Jones and an unidentified group, probably on Bear Island, the location of the Ojibwa-Pillager Battle.
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Baseball Players in Field

Date: 1889
Description: Posed group in field of pitcher, Lewis P. Kirby; catcher, Mike Galvin; and batter, Carl Stevens.
Photograph

Three Views of the Indian Massacre

Date: 1862
Description: A composite of three views showing the siege of New Ulm on August 19 during the Indian Massacre of 1862. The lower left view depicts wagons and horses on a...
Print

Eighteenth Annual National Encampment of G.A.R.

Date: 1884
Description: Advertisement for the selling of tents for the Eighteenth Annual National Encampment, of Grand Army of the Republic, at Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 23,...
Photograph

Eighteenth Annual National Encampment of G.A.R.

Date: 1884
Description: Elevated view of the Eighteenth Annual National Encampment of Grand Army of the Republic in Minneapolis, Minnesota in July 1884.
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"McCormick Day" in Owatonna

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd gathered on a dirt road in front of a strip of commercial buildings to celebrate the arrival of a McCormick agricultural equ...
Photograph

Dousman and Sturgis Studio Portrait

Date: 1873
Description: Nina Lynn Sturgis and Hercules Louis Dousman pose together in a studio in front of a painted backdrop. Hercules is wearing a suit and is seated with his ar...
Book or Pamphlet

Back Cover of Minneapolis Harvester Works Catalog

Date: 1881
Description: Features an illustration of men working in a field with a Dewey Harvester pulled by a team of two horses.
Book or Pamphlet

Minneapolis Harvester Works Brochure

Date: 1882
Description: Advertising brochure for the Minneapolis Twine Binder. Features a 2-panel inside spread with a color illustration titled: "Minnie looks after the sheaves."...

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